Alaska, Northwest Arctic Borough
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Police & jail
FBI wanted posters, from the Ten Most Wanted list to fugitives, terrorism suspects, kidnapped and missing persons, bank robbers and seeking information cases; tips go to tips.fbi.gov.
Open official site FBI Most WantedVital records
Alaska Department of Health office issuing certified birth, death, marriage, divorce and adoption records. Order at the Anchorage or Juneau office, by mail or fax, or through VitalChek; email and phone orders are refused.
Open official site Alaska Health Analytics and Vital Records (HAVRS)Vital records
USAGov explains how to get certified copies of birth and death certificates, copies of marriage and divorce records, and replacements for lost or stolen government ID cards.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Copies of Vital Records and IDsCourt records
The federal judiciary's national index of district, bankruptcy and appellate court cases. Searching needs a free PACER account; pages cost $0.10, capped at $3 per document, with quarterly charges of $30 or less waived.
Open official site PACER Case LocatorFederal
USAGov sends you to your state's unclaimed property office, which holds most unclaimed money, and to federal searches for back wages, pensions, IRS refunds, savings bonds and deposits from failed banks.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Unclaimed MoneyVital records
The Social Security Administration explains survivor benefits, monthly payments to eligible relatives of workers who paid Social Security taxes before death, including who qualifies, possible amounts and when to report a death.
Open official site Social Security Survivor BenefitsPolice & jail
U.S. Department of Justice search of public sex offender registries from every state, territory and many tribes by name or ZIP code; address radius searches cover only states that send coordinates.
Open official site Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public WebsiteFederal
USAGov explains checking your registration through Can I Vote, which opens your state's election website, and advises doing it before the state deadline, which can be up to 30 days before an election.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Confirming Voter RegistrationCourt records
Federal judiciary guide to finding a case in PACER: search the court where it was filed for current data, or the nationwide PACER Case Locator, updated daily. A PACER account is required.
Open official site PACER Find a CaseProperty records
Alaska Department of Natural Resources search for ownership, land use and authorizations on state land and water, with links into federal BLM records such as ACRES case files, master title plats and surveys.
Open official site Alaska DNR Land Records SearchState records
Open to the public since 1972, the Alaska State Archives keeps permanent government records on the history of Alaska, runs a research center for visitors and publishes a fee schedule for its services.
Open official site Alaska State ArchivesCourt records
Federal bankruptcy court for Alaska. Debtors can get court notices by email free through DeBN, and people filing Chapter 7 or 13 without a lawyer can prepare a petition online with eSR.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of AlaskaEverything else, organized
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Local record guide
Local profile
Kotzebue is in the Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska. Local government is the Northwest Arctic Borough, with its clerk. Court cases are filed with the Alaska Court System (Kotzebue court). Deeds are recorded by the state Recorder's Office in the Kotzebue and Cape Nome recording districts. Law enforcement outside city police comes from the Alaska State Troopers, Kotzebue post and Alaska State Troopers, Selawik post. Elections are run by the Division of Elections Region IV Elections Office, Nome.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 1 named mine site inside the city or town limits, 1 of them worked out or abandoned. The mineral the records name is construction sand and gravel.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
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Register with the Alaska Division of Elections, online or on paper. The regional office for Kotzebue is the Division of Elections Region IV Elections Office, Nome. A registration or update must be postmarked or received 30 days before Election Day.
Deeds and other land documents for Kotzebue are recorded by the state Recorder's Office in the Kotzebue and Cape Nome recording district. The Northwest Arctic Borough does not levy a property tax; under its charter borough voters must approve any borough property tax, and the borough keeps no property tax roll or assessments.
Certified birth and death certificates for events anywhere in Alaska come from the Alaska Department of Health, Health Analytics and Vital Records Section. By mail or fax with the state request form to PO Box 110675, Juneau, AK 99811, in person at the Anchorage or Juneau office, or online through VitalChek, the only vendor the office works with. Fee: $30 for the first copy of a birth, marriage or death certificate; additional copies $25 each.
Same borough
Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; courts, deeds and vital records in Alaska are state offices, and the Northwest Arctic Borough page lists them.